Swift Navigation Recognized with Bay Area 2018 Top Workplaces Award

SAN FRANCISCO, June 26, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Swift ​​Navigation​, ​​a ​​San ​​Francisco-based ​​tech ​​firm ​​building centimeter-accurate ​​GPS ​​technology ​​to ​​power ​​a ​​world ​​of ​​autonomous ​​vehicles, ​​today ​​announced that the company has been awarded a 2018 Top Workplaces honor by the Bay Area News Group (BANG). The list is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by research partner Energage, LLC (formerly Workplace Dynamics), a leading provider of technology-based employee engagement tools. The anonymous survey measures several aspects of workplace culture, including alignment, execution and connection, just to name a few. Swift Navigation was ranked #1 in BANG’s 2018 small business category.

“Top Workplaces is more than just recognition,” said Doug Claffey, CEO of Energage. “Our research shows organizations that earn the award attract better talent, experience lower turnover and are better equipped to deliver bottom-line results. Their leaders prioritize and carefully craft a healthy workplace culture that supports employee engagement.”

The executive team at Swift Navigation works tirelessly to ensure an uplifting and engaging environment for its employees at all levels.

“We prioritize company-wide engagement and satisfaction,” said Timothy Harris, Co-Founder and CEO of Swift Navigation. “As part of Swift Navigation’s core value of “Default to Open,” we maintain accessible lines of communication throughout the organization and ensure every employee is an integral part of the process, ensuring their investment in the success of the company.”

“Becoming a Top Workplace isn’t something organizations can buy,” Claffey added. “It’s an achievement organizations have worked for and a distinction that gives them a competitive advantage. It’s a big deal.”

ABOUT SWIFT NAVIGATION

Swift Navigation, Inc. was founded in 2012 to make GPS positioning technology more accurate and affordable. Today Swift Navigation has gained a reputation for defining a new category of GNSS systems as the industry’s first low-cost, high accuracy real-time kinematics (RTK) receiver. Its GPS and GNSS positioning products are available at a fraction of the price of the competition and deliver 100 times better accuracy than the GPS in a cell phone. Swift Navigation’s technology benefits a multitude of industries and applications—including autonomous vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), precision agriculture, robotics, surveying and space. With its innovation and technology honored by Inc.’s and Forbes 30 Under 30 lists, Swift Navigation is enabling a world where fields farm themselves, drones fly safely and autonomous transportation can take you home. Swift Navigation provides an end-to-end GNSS solution with a line of Piksi® Multi and Duro® receivers and Skylark™ Cloud Corrections Service. Learn more online at swiftnav.com, follow Swift on Twitter @Swiftnav.

Swift Navigation, a San Francisco-based tech firm building centimeter-accurate GPS technology to power a world of autonomous vehicles, today announced that the company has been awarded a 2018 Top Workplaces honor by the Bay Area News Group (BANG).

“We prioritize company-wide engagement and satisfaction,” said Timothy Harris, Co-Founder and CEO of Swift Navigation. “As part of Swift Navigation’s core value of 'Default to Open,' we maintain accessible lines of communication throughout the organization and ensure every employee is an integral part of the process, ensuring their investment in the success of the company.”